As I think I have mentioned before, I have got involved with a local LGBT History group, Out Stories Bristol. I’m pleased to report that we should be getting a grant of over £20,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to put on a exhibition in Bristol next year (we’ve had the notification of approval, we just need to go through the formal process of accepting that grant and officially starting the project). That of course means that there is work to be done, and part of that work is to see what other people have done and learn from it. Consequently today I headed off to Plymouth with a couple of colleagues to see Pride In Our Past. The Plymouth team have done a fine job, so it was a very worthwhile trip.

The only downside of the day out was that we traveled along one of the most beautiful railway routes in the world in weather that was more suited to midwinter than midsummer. I’ve stopped off in Darkest Somerset to visit my mum and it was chucking it down here when I arrived. Summers: we no can haz them.